Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch)

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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Wiki Biography

Born in 1916, in New York as Issur Danielovitch, but known by his stage name of Kirk Douglas, the author, actor and film producer is perhaps most famous for acting in such movies as “Champion”, “The Bad and the Beautiful”, “The Vikings”, “Saturn 3”, “Lonely Are the Brave” and others. Kirk is considered to have been one of the greatest actors in the so-called ‘golden age’ of movie industry in the 1950s and ’60s. During his career, Douglas was nominated for and has won many awards, including an Academy Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award and many others. Kirk was undoubtedly a role model for contemporary actors, who admire his work and talent. He passed away in 2020.

So how rich is Kirk Douglas? It is estimated that Kirk’s net worth was over $60 million at the time of his passing. Of course, the main source of this sum of money was his acting career. His son, Michael Douglas is also a famous film star.

Kirk grew-up in a working-class family, so he had to work various jobs. When at high school, Kirk appeared in school plays and in this way became interested in acting, and realized that he wanted to take-up acting for a living. After serving in the US Navy as an anti-submarine officer – discharged in 1944 after being injured by an accidental depth charge explosion, in 1946 Kirk got is first role in the movie called “The Strange Love of Marta Ivers”. There he had an opportunity to work with Lizabeth Scott, Van Heflin and Barbara Stanwyck. From that time Kirk Douglas’ net worth began growing. Soon Kirk appeared in more movies, and quickly became popular because of his rugged good looks and the tough-guy image he often portrayed. Some of these movies included “Lonely Are the Brave”, “Out of the Past”, “Along the Great Divide” among an eventual total of almost 100 in which he appeared, all of which contributed to Douglas’ net worth. In 1950 Kirk got the role in “Young Man with a Horn”, in which he worked with such actors as Doris Day, Lauren Bacall and Hoagy Carmichael.

In addition to his many movie and television appearances, Kirk also wrote several books, including “Dance With the Devil”, “My Stroke of Luck”, “Wisdom of the Elders”, and “Let’s Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning”. These books also contributed Kirk Douglas’ wealth.

Talking about Kirk Douglas’ personal life, he was married twice, firstly to Diana Dill in 1943, but they divorced in 1951 having had two children – Michael who became a noted actor and producer, and Joel, also a film producer. In 1954 Douglas married Anne Buydens, and they remained together until his passing, and had two more sons, one of whom Eric, died in 2004 from a drug overdose.

All in all, Kirk Douglas was a legendary actor, who contributed a lot of experience and knowledge to the entertainment industry, acknowledged as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. There is no doubt that contemporary actors have learned a lot from him.

Kirk Douglas passed away on 5 February 2020 at his home in Beverly Hills, California,at the age of 103.

IMDB Wikipedia “Along the Great Divide” “Dance With the Devil” “Dance With the Devil” (1990) “Let’s Face It: 90 Years of Living “My Stroke of Luck” “My Stroke of Luck” (2002) “Out of the Past” “The Strange Love of Marta Ivers” (1946) “Wisdom of the Elders” $60 Million 1916 5 ft 8 in (1.75 m) Academy Award Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Honorary Award Actor Actors AFI Life Achievement Award American film directors Amsterdam and “Let’s Face It: 90 Years of Living and Learning” and Learning” (2007) Anne Buydens Anne Buydens (m. 1954) Author BAFTA Awards Barbara Carroll Barbara Stanwyck Berlin Businessperson Champion Cinema of the United States Count Basie David Raksin December 9 Diana Dill Diana Dill (m. 1943–1951) Doris Day Eric Douglas Film Film director Film producer Golden Globe Award (1986) Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1968) Hoagy Carmichael Irving Berlin Issur Danielovitch Issur Danielovitch Demsky Izzy Demsky Joel Douglas Kennedy Center Honors (1994) Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Net Worth Lauren Bacall Let’s Face the Music and Dance Lizabeth Scott Lonely Are the Brave Loving Mabel Mercer Michael Douglas Mr Kirk Douglas New York Paris Peter Douglas Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor Russian American Saturn 3 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1999) Soldier Spartacus (1960) Stephen Sondheim The Bad and the Beautiful The Gift (1992) The Vikings United States United States of America Van Heflin Writers Guild of America Award – The Robert Meltzer Award (1991) Young Man with a Horn

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Quick Info

Full Name Kirk Douglas
Net Worth $60 Million
Date Of Birth December 9, 1916
Place Of Birth Amsterdam, New York, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.75 m)
Profession Actor, Film Producer, Author, Film director, Businessperson, Soldier
Education St. Lawrence University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Nationality American
Spouse Anne Buydens (m. 1954), Diana Dill (m. 1943–1951)
Children Michael Douglas, Eric Douglas, Joel Douglas, Peter Douglas
Parents Herschel Danielovitch, Bryna Sanglel
Nicknames Issur Danielovitch Demsky , Issur Danielovitch , Izzy Demsky , Mr Kirk Douglas
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/kirkdouglas
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000018
Allmusic www.allmusic.com/artist/kirk-douglas-mn0002828142
Awards Academy Honorary Award, AFI Life Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors (1994), Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1999), Writers Guild of America Award – The Robert Meltzer Award (1991), Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1968)
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actor, Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Golden Globe Award (1986), BAFTA Awards
Movies “The Strange Love of Marta Ivers” (1946), “Spartacus” (1960), “Champion”, “The Bad and the Beautiful”, “The Vikings”, “Saturn 3”, “Lonely Are the Brave”, “Lonely Are the Brave”, “Out of the Past”, “Along the Great Divide”
TV Shows Queenie

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Trademarks

  1. Frequently played manipulative, angry and often cruel leading characters that bordered on unsympathetic but were always compelling
  2. Dimpled chin
  3. Gravelly voice

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Quotes

  • I often played the good cowboy on screen, riding in to save the day. Now, everybody thinks he is a cowboy too. That frightens me. We have become a cowboy country with too many guns. I cannot understand the people who are against some form of gun control. They should be the first to welcome a message on making it more difficult to get a gun. Many of them seem to propose more guns being available to everybody. Why? Are they interested in making more money for the gun manufacturers? Are they politicians who just want to oppose the president in anything he endorses? It’s incomprehensible to me. (2013)
  • [The Mike Wallace Interview, 1957] Well then you don’t understand what acting really is. And of course, that would be quite a long conversation to go into. I mean acting is an interpretive art. I mean you may hear Heifetz play the violin. He didn’t write the piece, but oh, how he plays it. That’s what’s wonderful. That’s what an actor tries to do. He may not have written the piece, but what he wants to do is interpret it. (In answer to MIke Wallace’s statement; “but you’re reading somebody else’s words. Somebody else is telling you what to do, where to go, how to stand, what to say.”)
  • We are the strongest country in the world. We are the richest. We must take self-inventory. We must look less into the stars and planets in the heavens and more into ourselves. What can we do to make our country better? To earn back the respect we used to have?
  • Let’s face it – the world is a mess and he young people will inherit this mess. We should do all we can to help deal with it. That’s why I wrote the book “Let’s Face It” and dedicated to the young people. I try, with humor, to help them navigate through what lies ahead. But the reality is, he problems they face are not very funny.
  • I’ve never tried to win popularity contests. I’ve always been blunt – never hesitated about expressing myself.
  • I’m too old to change. Like Popeye, “I yam what I yam.” Love me or hate me, just don’t be indifferent.
  • Why is it that often the people you do the most for resent you the most? Maybe you remind them of their weaknesses. The hell with them!
  • [In his autobiography] I think that… I am unfairly given credit for Michael’s talents, as if he had only my genes. Diana is a talented actress, and Michael has inherited from both of us. My wife and I see Diana and her husband, Bill Darrid, often… and have a pleasant relationship with them
  • I can’t tell you how many times someone has said, “I’ve heard you’re such an S.O.B.I’ll say, ‘Who said that?’ Ninety percent of the time, it;s someone with whom I’ve never worked.
  • [to ABILITY Magazine] You see, when a person becomes disabled, often their family starts thinking, “Oh dear, don’t move, let me get that for you”. Once I told my wife that I thought I wanted breakfast in bed the next morning, she said the old joke, “If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.”
  • [2011, on Anne Hathaway] She’s gorgeous! Wow! Where were you when I was making pictures?
  • [asked who his favorite director was] I would NEVER do that. I’ve enjoyed working with Wilder, Wyler, Mankiewicz. Hawks, Kazan. I did three films with Minelli and got nominated for two of them – but I could never name just one director.
  • [on Paths of Glory (1957)] A truly great film with a truly great theme: the insanity and brutality of war. As I predicted, it made no money.
  • When you become a star, you don’t change. Everyone else does.
  • You have to leave your country to get a perspective, to see what makes America great. Now I can say that nowhere in the world is there a match for what we have in Hollywood.
  • [on the death of Tony Curtis]: Tony Curtis was one of the best-looking guys in Hollywood. He was often described as beautiful, but he was also a fine actor. I worked with Tony in The Vikings (1958) and in Spartacus (1960), and we were friends for a long time. What I will miss most about him is his sense of humor. It was always fun to be with him.
  • Senator McCarthy was an awful man who was finding Communists all over the country. He blacklisted the writers who wouldn’t obey his edict. The heads of the studios were hypocrites who went along with it. My company produced Spartacus, written by Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted writer, under the name Sam Jackson. Too many people were using false names back then. I was embarrassed. I was young enough to be impulsive, so even though I was warned against it, I used his real name on the screen.
  • It isn’t a manly profession. It’s a childish profession. You couldn’t be a complete, grown-up adult and be an actor . . . I mean, if I were a sophisticated adult, how could I say, “Here I am, fighting evil, represented by Yul Brynner”? You have to have a childish part of you! It’s true! You know, I watch as my kids have grown up, I’ve watched, them, you know. Children are natural actors; they pretend they’re cops and robbers, and I think all actors retain a certain amount of that within themselves. They have to, or they can’t function as actors. And that’s why they become self-deprecating. They think, well, it’s not
  • I’ve always believed virtue is not photogenic, and I think I’ve always been attracted to a part, uh, I’d rather play the *evil* character, most of the time, than the nice fella. And I think it really *bothered* my mother, because she would tell people, “You know, my son’s not like that, he’s really a nice boy!”
  • [on Doris Day] That face she shows the world — smiling, only talking good, happy, tuned into God — as far as I’m concerned, that’s just a mask. I haven’t a clue as to what’s underneath. Doris is just about the remotest person I know.
  • [on Linda Darnell] Linda Darnell is the most unspoilt star on the screen — and also the most beautiful.
  • [on John Wayne] John Wayne was a star because he always played John Wayne. Frankly, he wasn’t an excellent actor, but good heavens, what a star! It wasn’t John Wayne who served the roles; the roles served John Wayne.
  • [on Michael Moore’s interview with Charlton Heston in Bowling for Columbine (2002)] I cannot forgive the way he treated Charlton Heston. Even if I don’t agree with much of Heston’s politics, Chuck is a gentleman. He agreed to have an interview with Moore, and Moore took advantage of the situation and made Chuck look foolish. He had been invited to Heston’s home and he was treated with courtesy. I winced when I saw the expression on Chuck’s face change as he realized that he had been duped. And yet he remained a gentleman and dismissed the interloper with grace.
  • I did four movies with [John Wayne]. We were a strange combination. He was a Republican and I was a Democrat. We argued all the time.
  • [December 9, 2006] My name is Kirk Douglas. You may know me. If you don’t . . . Google me. I was a movie star and I’m Michael Douglas’ dad, Catherine Zeta-Jones’ father-in-law, and the grandparents of their two children. Today I celebrate my 90th birthday. I have a message to convey to America’s young people. A 90th birthday is special. In my case, this birthday is not only special but miraculous. I survived World War II, a helicopter crash, a stroke, and two new knees. It’s a tradition that when a “birthday boy” stands over his cake he makes a silent wish for his life and then blows out the candles. I have followed that tradition for 89 years but on my 90th birthday, I have decided to rebel. Instead of making a silent wish for myself, I want to make a loud wish for The World. Let’s face it: The World is in a mess and you are inheriting it. Generation Y, you are on the cusp. You are the group facing many problems: abject poverty, global warming, genocide, AIDS and suicide bombers, to name a few. These problems exist and the world is silent. We have done very little to solve these problems. Now we leave it to you. You have to fix it because the situation is intolerable. You need to rebel, to speak up, write, vote, and care about people and the world you live in. We live in the best country in the world. I know. My parents were Russian immigrants. America is a country where EVERYONE, regardless of race, creed, or age has a chance. I had that chance. You are the generation that is most impacted and the generation that can make a difference. I love this country because I came from a life of poverty. I was able to work my way through college and go into acting, the field that I love. There is no guarantee in this country that you will be successful. But you always have a chance. Nothing should interfere with it. You have to make sure that nothing stands in the way. When I blow out my candles – 90! . . . it will take a long time . . . but I’ll be thinking of you.
  • If the good guy gets the girl, it’s rated PG; If the bad guy gets the girl, it’s rated R; and if everybody gets the girl, it’s rated X.
  • I want my sons to surpass me, because that’s a form of immortality.
  • My kids never had the advantage I had. I was born poor.
  • If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
  • Life is like a B-picture script! It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I’d turn it down.
  • I think half the success in life comes from first trying to find out what you really want to do. And then going ahead and doing it.
  • I have always told my sons that they didn’t have my advantages of being born into abject poverty.
  • People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don’t think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed.
  • Making movies is a form of narcissism.
  • I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
  • In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
  • I’ve made a career of playing sons of bitches.
  • Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that’s what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.
  • I’ve finally gotten away from Burt Lancaster. My luck has changed for the better. I’ve got nice-looking girls in my films now.

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Important Facts

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  • He released this statement for the release of Trumbo (2015): “As actors it is easy for us to play the hero. We get to fight the bad guys and stand up for justice. In real life, the choices are not always so clear. The Hollywood Blacklist, recreated powerfully on screen in Trumbo, was a time I remember well. The choices were hard. The consequences were painful and very real. During the blacklist, I had friends who went into exile when no one would hire them; actors who committed suicide in despair. My young co-star in Detective Story (1951), Lee Grant, was unable to work for twelve years after she refused to testify against her husband before the House Un-American Activities Committee. I was threatened that using a Blacklisted writer for Spartacus (1960) – my friend Dalton Trumbo – would mark me as a “Commie-lover” and end my career. There are times when one has to stand up for principle. I am so proud of my fellow actors who use their public influence to speak out against injustice. At 98 years old, I have learned one lesson from history: It very often repeats itself. I hope that Trumbo, a fine film, will remind all of us that the Blacklist was a terrible time in our country, but that we must learn from it so that it will never happen again.”.
  • Douglas claimed to be 5’11” at his peak. However he was well known for wearing lifts and many sources say his peak height was 5’8″.
  • His claim to have broken the blacklist by hiring Dalton Trumbo to write the screenplay for Spartacus (1960) was publicly disputed by Trumbo’s son and daughter, as well as the film’s producer Edward Lewis and Howard Fast’s children.
  • Publicly called for more gun control in the United States in June 2013.
  • Is portrayed by Dean O’Gorman in Trumbo (2015).
  • Cowboy Stan Polson, owner of the Apple Valley Stables, taught Kirk Douglas how to ride a horse for Douglas’s role in his first western, “Along the Great Divide”.
  • Although he played Ernest Borgnine’s son in The Vikings (1958), he was six weeks his senior in real life.
  • Douglas claims that painter Marc Chagall asked the actor to play him in a filmography, but the actor turned him down after the rigors of playing painter Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956).
  • After winning a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he found work as a waiter at Schraft’s on 86th Treet and Broadway. Among the other aspiring actors working there was John Forsythe.
  • When he was contacted by MGM to replace Ricardo Montalban in The Story of Three Loves (1953) because of his box-office power, he refused until he discussed it with Montalban, who was in training for the role. Although Montalban felt appreciative of Douglas’ concern for him, he understood Metro’s position and surrendered the role.
  • Broadway play “Raincheck for Joe” closed during rehearsals. [1945]
  • Broadway play. “The Wind Is Ninety” as the Unkown Soldier of World War I. Directed by Ralph Nelson. (6/21/1945). [1945]
  • He got out of his contract with Warner Bros. by offering to star in any picture they chose for no salary. The picture was The Big Trees (1952).
  • Was signed to play Gabey in On the Town (1949) but had to be replaced because he suffered from a case of psychosomatic laryngitis.
  • Douglas wrote his autobiography without the help of a ghostwriter – very unusual for a Hollywood bio.
  • Hal B. Wallis tested him for a role in what would be his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) after a recommendation by friend Lauren Bacall.
  • Hedda Hopper told him after he became a star with Champion (1949), “Now that you’re a big hit, you’ve become a real S.O.B.” Douglas replied,” You’re wrong. I was always an S.O.B. You just never noticed before.”.
  • Broadway play. Succeeded Richard Widmark in “Trio.”. [1945]
  • Douglas’ father changed the family name from Danielovich to Demsky.
  • According to Burt Lancaster in 1987 at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts tribute to Douglas: “Kirk would be the first person to tell you he’s a very difficult man.” After a pause he added, ” And I would be the second.”.
  • He rejected a key role in The Great Sinner (1949) to star in Champion (1949). He was replaced by Melvyn Douglas.
  • Lonely Are the Brave (1962) is his personal favourite film.
  • Release of his book, “Dance with the Devil,” published in 1990. [1990]
  • Release of his book, “My Stroke of Luck,” published in 2002. [2002]
  • Release of his book, “Last Tango in Brooklyn,” published in 1984. [1994]
  • Release of his book, “The Ragman’s Son: An Autobiography” published in 1988, and which was also a tribute to his father, who had died in 1950. The book spent many weeks on the New York Times bestseller’s list, including several weeks at number one. [1988]
  • Release of his book, “Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning”, in 1997, at the age of 81. [1997]
  • Release of his book, “The Gift” in 1992. [1992]
  • Release of his book, “Let’s Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving and Learning” in 2007, at the age of 91. [2007]
  • His acting mentor was Gary Cooper.
  • Co-hosted (with Cass Elliot) the release party for folk-rocker Donovan’s 1969 “Barabajagal” album, posing for photos with Donovan and Elliot. He described Donovan as “not just a gentleman, but a gentle man”.
  • Speaks French.
  • He was not close friends with Burt Lancaster as was often perceived. The closeness of their friendship was largely fabricated by the publicity-wise Douglas, while, in reality, they were very competitive with each other and sometimes privately expressed a mutual personal disdain despite a mutual respect for their acting talents.
  • Made his stage debut in 1942.
  • Best of friends with Karl Malden (who was also very close with his son Michael Douglas, with whom he co-starred on The Streets of San Francisco (1972)). After Malden died in 2009, Douglas remarked that their acquaintance was the longest he had with anyone in his life, lasting 70 years.
  • Is an avid user of the Internet and is registered with MySpace.
  • His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6263 Hollywood Blvd.
  • He was originally cast in John Wayne’s role in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), but pulled out in order to make Champion (1949).
  • He was a close friend of Jack Valenti.
  • In his last book, “Let’s Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving and Learning”, he expressed regret at turning down William Holden’s Oscar-winning role in Stalag 17 (1953), Stephen Boyd’s role in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), and Lee Marvin’s Oscar-winning role in Cat Ballou (1965).
  • Admitted he made The Big Trees (1952) for nothing just to get out of his contract with Warner Bros. He later said, “It was a terrible movie.”.
  • While filming The War Wagon (1967) in September 1966, Douglas enraged his co-star John Wayne by recording a television advertisement for Edmund G. Brown, the Democratic Governor of California, after Wayne had recorded an advertisement for Republican challenger Ronald Reagan.
  • Confirmed his retirement from acting after making Illusion (2004), although he did act in one more film, Empire State Building Murders (2008), and has had numerous appearances (as himself) on entertainment and gossip programs, and in documentaries.
  • His idol was President Harry S. Truman.
  • Fell out with his close friend, former President Jimmy Carter, over Carter’s 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid”.
  • Attended the premiere of Basic Instinct (1992), which starred his son, Michael Douglas.
  • Helped break the Hollywood blacklist by hiring Dalton Trumbo, a member of the “Hollywood Ten”, to write the screenplay for Spartacus (1960). Despite widespread criticism from many in the industry, including John Wayne and Hedda Hopper, Douglas refused to back down and Trumbo received screen credit under his own name. When presenting Douglas with an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement at The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996), Steven Spielberg publicly thanked Douglas for his courage. However, Otto Preminger had already broken the blacklist by hiring Trumbo for Exodus (1960). Trumbo’s family publicly said that Douglas greatly exaggerated his role in breaking the blacklist.
  • Attended the state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan, with Charlton Heston, Tom Selleck and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, on June 11, 2004.
  • He and his wife Anne Douglas renewed their wedding vows in California around the 50th anniversary of their 1954 marriage. They reaffirmed their vows before 300 friends and family members at the famous Greystone Estate in Beverly Hills. Guests included Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Nancy Reagan and Tony Curtis. Douglas walked into the traditional Jewish ceremony to the tune of “I’m In The Mood For Love” and later sang a tune he’d written for the occasion, “Please Stay In Love With Me”.
  • In 1955 he was among the first actors to set up a personal production company, Bryna Productions, after the first name of his mother.
  • Gave up his two- to three-pack-a-day cigarette habit in 1950. His father later died from lung cancer in 1955, at the age of 72.
  • He lived in Palm Springs, CA, for more than 40 years. In October 2005 the city honored him by naming a lushly-landscaped drive “Kirk Douglas Way”. It winds around part of Palm Springs International Airport. A lavish ceremony and party was given by the Palm Springs International Film Society and International Film Festival and was attended by the actor, his wife Anne Douglas and their three surviving sons. His son Joel, also a Palm Springs resident, was responsible for the campaign.
  • He was awarded the American National Medal of Arts in 2001 from the National Endowment of the Arts.
  • Met his German wife-to-be, Anne Douglas, when she applied for a job as his assistant on the French location shoot for the movie Act of Love (1953).
  • If he had not heeded wife Anne Douglas’s advice, he would have been on producer Michael Todd’s private plane in 1958 when it crashed and killed all on-board. Todd’s wife Elizabeth Taylor was also scheduled to be on the plane but canceled due to a bad cold.
  • Appeared in a stage production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and later bought the film rights. He didn’t make a movie of it and eventually turned the rights over to his son Michael Douglas, who was able to secure financing and produce the film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975).
  • Former father-in-law of Diandra Douglas.
  • Grandfather of 7 children: Cameron Douglas (b. 13 December 1978), Dylan Michael Douglas (b. 8 August 2000), Carys Zeta Douglas (b. 20 April 2003) (children of his son Michael Douglas), Kelsey (b. 1992), Tyler (b. 1996), Ryan (b. 2000) and Jason (b. 2003) (children of his son Peter Douglas)
  • After his son Michael Douglas was fired from the stage production of the play “Summer Tree”, Kirk bought the stage and film rights to the story and gave it to Michael to star in.
  • He had both knees replaced in 2005, against the advice of his doctors. The operation was a success.
  • He and Burt Lancaster acted together in 7 movies: Victory at Entebbe (1976), Tough Guys (1986), Seven Days in May (1964), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), I Walk Alone (1948), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) and The Devil’s Disciple (1959).
  • Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1970.
  • President of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980.
  • Had a pacemaker fitted after collapsing in a restaurant in August 1986.
  • Was named #17 greatest actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends list by the American Film Institute.
  • Douglas had a fully Jewish upbringing, but did not practice extensively as an adult. This changed when, on his 83rd birthday, he had a second Bar Mitzvah, reaffirming his faith and causing him to practice again.
  • He wore lifts in many of his films, which made him appear about 5′ 11″ or 6 feet on screen. Once, as a prank, Burt Lancaster found Douglas’s lifts on a film set and hid them from him, which allegedly infuriated the shorter actor.
  • He was voted the 36th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
  • Was originally cast to play Col. Sam Trautman in First Blood (1982), but walked out on the project. Douglas wanted substantial changes made to the script, specifically that John Rambo die at the hands of Trautman, like the character did in the novel. The writers held their ground and refused. Richard Crenna was eventually cast in the role.
  • Father-in-law of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
  • Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1984.
  • Granddaughter Carys Zeta Douglas born April 21, 2003.
  • Received a UCLA Medal of honor 14 June 2002 from the University of California, Los Angeles, during school’s graduation ceremony for theater, film and television students. Previous recipients include former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and actors Laurence Olivier and Carol Burnett.
  • President Class Of 1939, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. Graduated with a degree in English.
  • Kirk has celebrated his Bar Mitzvah twice. Firstly, the typical 13 years of age, and secondly when he was 83 years old.
  • He survived a helicopter crash on February 23, 1991, in which two fellow occupants were killed. He was left with a debilitating back injury.
  • Speaks German (fluently, but not accent-free) and also French.
  • Earned $50,000 for saying the only English word at the end of a 1980s Japanese TV commercial: “Coffee”.
  • Father of 4 sons: Michael Douglas, Eric Douglas, Joel Douglas and Peter Douglas.
  • Turned down two Oscar-winning roles: Lee Marvin’s in Cat Ballou (1965) and William Holden’s in Stalag 17 (1953).
  • Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Jimmy Carter on 17th January 1981. This is the highest US honor a civilian can receive.
  • Suffered a stroke in January 1996 that made it very difficult for him to talk. Speech therapy over the years greatly alleviated the problem.
  • Born Issur Danielovitch (also reported as Issur Danielovitch Demsky) to father Jacob Danielovitch, and mother Bryna, from Russia, who came to America in 1912.
  • Ranked #53 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list, October 1997.

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Empire State Building Murders 2008 TV Movie Jim Kovalski Actor
Illusion 2004 Donald Baines Actor
It Runs in the Family 2003 Mitchell Gromberg Actor
Touched by an Angel 2000 TV Series Ross Burger Actor
Diamonds 1999 Harry Agensky Actor
The Simpsons 1996 TV Series Chester J. Lampwick Actor
Don Henley: The Garden of Allah 1995 Video short The Devil Actor
Take Me Home Again 1994 TV Movie Ed Reece Actor
Greedy 1994 Uncle Joe Actor
The Secret 1992 TV Movie Grandpa Mike Dunmore Actor
Tales from the Crypt 1991 TV Series General Kalthrob Actor
Veraz 1991 Quentin Actor
Oscar 1991 Eduardo Provolone (uncredited) Actor
Inherit the Wind 1988 TV Movie Matthew Harrison Brady Actor
Queenie 1987 TV Series David Konig Actor
Tough Guys 1986 Archie Long Actor
Amos 1985 TV Movie Amos Lasher Actor
Draw! 1984 TV Movie Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland Actor
Eddie Macon’s Run 1983 Carl ‘Buster’ Marzack Actor
Remembrance of Love 1982 TV Movie Joe Rabin Actor
The Man from Snowy River 1982 Harrison
Spur
Actor
The Final Countdown 1980 Capt. Matthew Yelland Actor
Saturn 3 1980 Adam Actor
Home Movies 1979 Dr. Tuttle ‘The Maestro’ Actor
The Villain 1979 Cactus Jack Actor
The Fury 1978 Peter Sandza Actor
Holocaust 2000 1977 Robert Caine Actor
Arthur Hailey’s the Moneychangers 1976 TV Mini-Series Alex Vandervoort Actor
Victory at Entebbe 1976 TV Movie Hershel Vilnofsky Actor
Once Is Not Enough 1975 Mike Wayne Actor
Posse 1975 Howard Nightingale Actor
Mousey 1974 TV Movie George Anderson Actor
Scalawag 1973 Peg Actor
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1973 TV Movie Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Actor
The Master Touch 1972 Steve Wallace Actor
The Special London Bridge Special 1972 TV Movie The Indian Fighter Actor
Catch Me a Spy 1971 Andrej Actor
A Gunfight 1971 Will Tenneray Actor
The Light at the Edge of the World 1971 Denton Actor
There Was a Crooked Man… 1970 Paris Pitman, Jr. Actor
The Arrangement 1969 Eddie Anderson Actor
The Brotherhood 1968 Frank Ginetta Actor
A Lovely Way to Die 1968 Jim Schuyler Actor
The War Wagon 1967 Lomax Actor
The Way West 1967 Senator William J. Tadlock Actor
Paris brûle-t-il? 1966 Gen. George S. Patton Jr. Actor
Cast a Giant Shadow 1966 Col. David ‘Mickey’ Marcus Actor
The Heroes of Telemark 1965 Rolf Actor
In Harm’s Way 1965 Eddington Actor
Seven Days in May 1964 Col. Martin ‘Jiggs’ Casey Actor
For Love or Money 1963 Deke Gentry Actor
The List of Adrian Messenger 1963 George Brougham
Vicar Atlee
Mr. Pythian
Actor
The Hook 1963 Sgt. P.J. Briscoe Actor
Two Weeks in Another Town 1962 Jack Andrus Actor
Lonely Are the Brave 1962 John W. “Jack” Burns Actor
The Last Sunset 1961 Brendan ‘Bren’ O’Malley Actor
Town Without Pity 1961 Maj. Steve Garrett Actor
Spartacus 1960 Spartacus Actor
Strangers When We Meet 1960 Larry Coe Actor
The Devil’s Disciple 1959 Richard Dudgeon Actor
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 Marshal Matt Morgan Actor
The Vikings 1958 Einar Actor
Paths of Glory 1957 Col. Dax Actor
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 Doc Holliday Actor
Top Secret Affair 1957 Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin Actor
Lust for Life 1956 Vincent Van Gogh Actor
The Indian Fighter 1955 Johnny Hawks Actor
Man Without a Star 1955 Dempsey Rae Actor
The Racers 1955 Gino Borgesa Actor
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 Ned Land Actor
The Jack Benny Program 1954 TV Series Kirk Actor
Ulysses 1954 Ulysses Actor
Act of Love 1953 Robert Teller Actor
The Juggler 1953 Hans Muller Actor
The Story of Three Loves 1953 Pierre Narval (segment “Equilibrium”) Actor
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 Jonathan Shields Actor
The Big Sky 1952 Jim Deakins Actor
The Big Trees 1952 Jim Fallon Actor
Detective Story 1951 Det. James McLeod Actor
Ace in the Hole 1951 Chuck Tatum Actor
Along the Great Divide 1951 Marshal Len Merrick Actor
The Glass Menagerie 1950 Jim O’Connor Actor
Young Man with a Horn 1950 Rick Martin Actor
Champion 1949 Midge Actor
A Letter to Three Wives 1949 George Phipps Actor
My Dear Secretary 1948 Owen Waterbury Actor
The Walls of Jericho 1948 Tucker Wedge Actor
I Walk Alone 1947 Noll Turner Actor
Out of the Past 1947 Whit Actor
Mourning Becomes Electra 1947 Peter Niles Actor
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 Walter O’Neil Actor
Montezuma executive producer announced Producer
Tough Guys 1986 associate producer – uncredited Producer
Amos 1985 TV Movie executive producer – uncredited Producer
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Final Countdown 1980 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Posse 1975 producer Producer
Catch Me a Spy 1971 executive producer – uncredited Producer
A Gunfight 1971 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Light at the Edge of the World 1971 producer Producer
Summertree 1971 producer Producer
The Brotherhood 1968 producer Producer
Grand Prix 1966 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Seconds 1966 co-executive producer – uncredited Producer
Cast a Giant Shadow 1966 co-executive producer – uncredited Producer
Seven Days in May 1964 co-executive producer – uncredited Producer
The List of Adrian Messenger 1963 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Lonely Are the Brave 1962 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Last Sunset 1961 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Spartacus 1960 co-executive producer Producer
Strangers When We Meet 1960 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Tales of the Vikings 1959-1960 TV Series producer – 39 episodes Producer
The Devil’s Disciple 1959 co-executive producer – uncredited Producer
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Vikings 1958 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Paths of Glory 1957 producer – uncredited Producer
Ride Out for Revenge 1957 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Careless Years 1957 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Lizzie 1957 executive producer – uncredited Producer
Spring Reunion 1957 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Indian Fighter 1955 executive producer – uncredited Producer
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics 2008 TV Movie documentary performer: “A Whale of a Tale” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Simpsons 1996 TV Series 1 episode Soundtrack
Living Seas 1986 TV Movie performer: “A Whale of a Tale” Soundtrack
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney 1974 TV Special documentary performer: “Give My Regards to Broadway” – uncredited Soundtrack
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1973 TV Movie performer: “Bicycle Song”, “Rules” Soundtrack
The Special London Bridge Special 1972 TV Movie performer: “Style” Soundtrack
The Johnny Cash Show 1970 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The List of Adrian Messenger 1963 performer: “Nocturne In E-Flat Op. 9 No. 2” Soundtrack
Two Weeks in Another Town 1962 performer: “Auld Lang Syne” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Last Sunset 1961 performer: “Pretty Little Girl In The Yellow Dress” Soundtrack
The 30th Annual Academy Awards 1958 TV Special performer: “It’s Great Not To Be Nominated” Soundtrack
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 performer: “A Whale of a Tale” Soundtrack
The Jack Benny Program 1954 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Ace in the Hole 1951 performer: “The Hut-Sut Song” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Glass Menagerie 1950 performer: “When the Foeman Bears His Steel”, “Let the Rest of the World Go By” – uncredited Soundtrack
Young Man with a Horn 1950 performer: “Shadow Waltz”, “Baby Face”, “Lovin’ Sam The Sheik of Alabam”, “Silent Night, Holy Night”, “Ain’t She Sweet”, “The Blue Room”, “Can’t We Be Friends?”, “Tea for Two”, “The Man I Love”, “‘S Wonderful”, “Someone to Watch Over Me” – uncredited Soundtrack
Posse 1975 Director
Scalawag 1973 Director
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget 2009 Documentary Writer
Scalawag 1973 contributor Writer
Tough Guys 1986 production consultant – as Issur Danielovitch Miscellaneous
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 2010 very special thanks – as Mr Kirk Douglas Thanks
The Making of ‘20000 Leagues Under the Sea’ 2003 Video documentary special thanks Thanks
Drawing First Blood 2002 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas 2000 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years 1980 TV Special Himself Self
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 1980 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Saturday Night Live 1980 TV Series Himself – Host / Spartacus / Col. Lloyd D. Westman / … Self
The 16th Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner of National Conference of Christians and Jews 1979 TV Special Himself Self
Homage for The Duke 1979 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Johnny Carson 1979 TV Movie Himself Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1975-1978 TV Series Himself – Actor / Himself – Guest Self
The 50th Annual Academy Awards 1978 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Self
The 15th Annual Publicists Guild Awards 1978 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle 1978 TV Special Himself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda 1978 TV Special documentary Himself Self
Today 1954-1978 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The 2nd Annual People’s Choice Awards 1976 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Backstage in Hollywood 1975 TV Series Himself Self
Dinah! 1975 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Salute to Sir Lew – The Master Showman 1975 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Paramount Presents 1974 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney 1974 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Dean Martin Show 1973-1974 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Dinah’s Place 1973 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Dick Cavett Show 1971-1973 TV Series Himself – Actor / Peg from film SCALAWAG Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford 1973 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited) Self
V.I.P.-Schaukel 1972 TV Series documentary Himself Self
This Is Your Life 1972 TV Series Himself Self
The David Frost Show 1969-1971 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Film Night 1971 TV Series Himself Self
Once Upon a Wheel 1971 Documentary Himself Self
Where Do I Sit? 1971 TV Series Himself Self
Light at the Edge of the World: Promotion 1971 Documentary short Himself Self
Apropos Film 1970 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Johnny Cash Show 1970 TV Series Himself – Singer Self
Rowan & Martin at the Movies 1968 Documentary short Himself Self
The Legend of Silent Night 1968 TV Movie documentary Narrator Self
The Don Rickles Show 1968 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Joey Bishop Show 1968 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Laugh-In 1968 TV Series Himself Self
French Lunch 1968 Documentary short Himself (uncredited) Self
The 21st Annual Tony Awards 1967 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Reflets de Cannes 1966 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1954-1966 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself – Guest Host Self
The Lucy Show 1966 TV Series Himself Self
Kirk Douglas (Welcome Kirk) 1966 Documentary short Himself Self
Cinépanorama 1958-1965 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Here’s Hollywood 1960-1962 TV Series Himself Self
The Jack Paar Tonight Show 1960-1962 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Milton Berle Spectacular 1962 TV Movie Himself Self
Person to Person 1957-1960 TV Series documentary Himself Self
What’s My Line? 1953-1960 TV Series Himself – Mystery Guest / Himself Self
Premier Khrushchev in the USA 1959 Documentary Himself Self
The 31st Annual Academy Awards 1959 TV Special Himself – Performer: ‘It’s Alright With Us’ Self
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show 1957-1958 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself – Recipient Self
This Is Your Life 1958 TV Series Himself Self
The 30th Annual Academy Awards 1958 TV Special Himself – Performer: ‘It’s Great Not to Be Nominated’ Self
The Seven Lively Arts 1957 TV Series Himself Self
General Motors 50th Anniversary Show 1957 TV Movie Himself – Host / Narrator Self
The Mike Wallace Interview 1957 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The 29th Annual Academy Awards 1957 TV Special documentary Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Film Editing Self
Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light 1956 Documentary short Himself (uncredited) Self
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1954-1956 TV Series Himself Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1952-1955 TV Series Himself – Awards Presenter / Himself – Actor Self
The George Gobel Show 1955 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Name That Tune 1954 TV Series Himself Self
The 26th Annual Academy Awards 1954 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Writing Awards Self
The Name’s the Same 1953 TV Series Himself Self
The Ken Murray Show 1952 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Floor Show 1949 TV Series Himself Self
Erskine Johnson’s Hollywood Reel 1949 TV Series Himself Self
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast 2017 Documentary Himself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2006-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself – Author, Life Could Be Verse Self
Anatomy of a Film 2014 Documentary Himself – Commentator Self
Brisant 2012-2013 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen 2013 Documentary Himself Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus 2012 Short Himself Self
Real Time with Bill Maher 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010 Documentary Himself – Interviewee Self
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget 2009 Documentary Kirk Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas 2009 TV Movie Himself Self
Plymouth Rock Studios: The Series 2009 TV Series Himself Self
2009 Britannia Awards 2009 TV Special Himself Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices 2008 Video documentary Himself Self
AFI’s 10 Top 10: America’s 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres 2008 TV Movie Himself Self
Gala Tribute AFI’s 40th Anniversary 2007 TV Movie Himself – Speaker Self
Trumbo 2007 Documentary Himself – Interviewee Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2007 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
20 heures le journal 2007 TV Series Himself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino 2007 TV Movie Himself Self
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Cheers: America’s Most Inspiring Movies 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Larry King Live 2002-2005 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
… A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Oprah Winfrey Show 2003 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes & Villains 2003 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Making of ‘20000 Leagues Under the Sea’ 2003 Video documentary Himself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2003 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Charlie Rose 1997-2003 TV Series Himself – Guest / Spartacus Self
The 75th Annual Academy Awards 2003 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Picture / Past Winner Self
Hollywood Greats 1984-2003 TV Series documentary Himself Self
48 Hours 2002 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents 2002 Documentary Himself Self
Biography 1997-2001 TV Series documentary Himself Self
FBI contre Hollywood 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards 2001 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Parkinson 2001 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Lana Turner… a Daughter’s Memoir 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Scene by Scene 2000 TV Series Himself Self
The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas 2000 Video documentary short Himself Self
Clive Anderson All Talk 1999 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1999 TV Special Himself Self
Comme au cinéma 1998 TV Series documentary Himself Self
To Life! America Celebrates Israel’s 50th 1998 TV Special Himself Self
Completely Cuckoo 1997 Video documentary Himself Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1997 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1997 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Richard and Judy Exclusive 1997 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Directors 1997 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The 68th Annual Academy Awards 1996 TV Special Himself – Honorary Award recipient Self
Gran premio internazionale della TV 1995 TV Series Himself – Winner Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß? 1995 TV Series Himself Self
Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet 1995 TV Movie Himself Self
A Century of Cinema 1994 Documentary Himself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1994 TV Special Himself – Honoree Self
Coach 1994 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992-1994 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The 66th Annual Academy Awards 1994 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Cinematography Self
The Annual Daily Variety Honors. A Salutes to Army Archerd 1993 TV Movie Himself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier 1992 TV Special Himself (uncredited) Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1986-1992 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself Self
Larry King TNT Extra 3 1992 TV Movie Himself Self
The 46th Annual Tony Awards 1992 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Musical Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Kirk Douglas 1991 TV Special documentary Himself – Guest of Honor Self
The 43th Annual Writers Guild Awards 1991 TV Special Himself – Winner Self
The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards 1991 TV Special Himself Self
7 sur 7 1990 TV Series Himself Self
Clive James’ Postcard from… 1990 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard 1990 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
La nuit des Césars 1980-1990 TV Series documentary Himself – Le président des Césars / Himself / Himself – Honorary César (César d’honneur) Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1989 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Más estrellas que en el cielo 1989 TV Series documentary Himself – Guest Self
Good Morning Britain 1988 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1963-1988 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself – Guest Host Self
The Racing Experience 1988 Video documentary Himself Self
The 14th Annual People’s Choice Awards 1988 TV Special documentary Himself – Presenter: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture Self
America’s Tribute to Bob Hope 1988 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Moving Image Salutes James Stewart 1988 TV Movie Himself Self
Circus of the Stars #12 1987 TV Special documentary Himself – Performer Self
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Annual Tribute: A Salute to Kirk Douglas 1987 TV Movie Himself – Honoree Self
The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards 1987 TV Special Himself Self
The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards 1986 TV Special Himself Self
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 TV Special Himself – Nominee Self
Liberty Weekend 1986 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV & Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award Self
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary 1986 TV Special Himself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1985 TV Special Himself Self
The 57th Annual Academy Awards 1985 TV Special documentary Himself – Co-Presenter: Best Original Screenplay & Best Adapted Screenplay Self
Aspel & Company 1985 TV Series Himself Self
Salute to Lady Liberty 1984 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape 1984 TV Movie documentary Himself – Narrator Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years 1983 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The 9th Annual People’s Choice Awards 1983 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Favourite Actress in Motion Picture Self
Welcome to Los Angeles: A Party for Julio Iglesias 1983 TV Movie Himself Self
Thanksgiving in Peshawar with Kirk Douglas 1982 Documentary short Himself – Host – Narrator Self
CBS Early Morning News 1982 TV Series Himself Self
Good Morning America 1979-1980 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed 1980 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Extra 2016-2017 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Entertainment Tonight 2014-2017 TV Series Himself / Himself – Author, Life Could Be Verse Archive Footage
Good Morning Britain 2016 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Inside Edition 2015 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Dr. Kubrick, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Eyes Wide Shut 2014 Documentary short Himself Archive Footage
One Rogue Reporter 2014 Documentary Chuck Tatum (uncredited) Archive Footage
And the Oscar Goes To… 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
60 Minutes 2006-2012 TV Series documentary Himself / Himself (segment “The Entertainers”) Archive Footage
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s 2012 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
10 Things You Don’t Know About 2012 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Room 237 2012/I Documentary Spartacus (uncredited) Archive Footage
Imprescindibles 2011 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Sing Your Song 2011 Documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Stars of the Silver Screen 2011 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary Spartacus Archive Footage
Memòries de la tele 2009 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Comic Relief 2009 2009 TV Special Archive Footage
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics 2008 TV Movie documentary Ned Land Archive Footage
Strictly Courtroom 2008 TV Movie documentary Col. Dax (uncredited) Archive Footage
The O’Reilly Factor 2008 TV Series Dr. John ‘Doc’ Holliday Archive Footage
Spisok korabley 2008 Documentary Archive Footage
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia 2007 TV Short documentary Himself Archive Footage
100 Years of John Wayne 2007 TV Short documentary Archive Footage
Ein Leben wie im Flug 2007 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
La tele de tu vida 2007 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
La Marató 2005 2005 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
Private Screenings 2005 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Cineastas contra magnates 2005 Documentary Einar (in ‘The Vikings’) Archive Footage
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us 2005 TV Movie documentary Jonathan Shields (uncredited) Archive Footage
Les 40 ans de la 2 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Anthony Quinn and Kirk Douglas 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Kirk Douglas and Vincente Minnelli 2002 TV Short documentary Himself Archive Footage
Sendung ohne Namen 2002 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years – Part I: 1956-1961 2002 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Pulp Cinema 2001 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Thrills: America’s Most Heart-Pounding Movies 2001 TV Special documentary Himself Archive Footage
Classified X 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Xena: Warrior Princess 1996 TV Series Spartacus Archive Footage
The Universal Story 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Biography 1995 TV Series documentary George Phipps Archive Footage
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 1995 TV Movie documentary Noll ‘Dink’ Turner, ‘I Walk Alone’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Barbra: The Concert 1995 TV Special documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Kirk Douglas: Video Scrapbook 1994 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Best of the Don Lane Show 1994 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Sci-Fi Buzz 1993 TV Series Himself – ‘Ned Land’ Archive Footage
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion 1993 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Two-Fisted Tales 1992 TV Movie Sr. Calthrob (segment “Yellow”) Archive Footage
How to Become a Hollywood Stuntman 1991 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Memories of 1970-1991 1991 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Under the Sea 1990 Video short Ned Land Archive Footage
Cinema Paradiso 1988 Ulysses (uncredited) Archive Footage
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 1982 Thug Boss Archive Footage
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Clapper Board 1980 TV Series Archive Footage
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1976 TV Series Ned Land Archive Footage
Skidoo 1968 Commander Paul Eddington (clip from “In Harm’s Way”) (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Great Stars 1963 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hollywood Without Make-Up 1963 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Ed Sullivan Show 1957 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Das Künstlerporträt 1957 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1955 TV Series Ulysses Archive Footage

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2016 William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Won
2014 OFTA Film Hall of Fame Online Film & Television Association Acting Won
2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Publicists Guild of America Won
2009 Britannia Award BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards Contributions to Worldwide Entertainment Won
2007 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film Santa Barbara International Film Festival Won
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Palm Springs International Film Festival Arts & humanities. Won
2001 Honorary Golden Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Won
2001 Milestone Award PGA Awards Won
2000 Lifetime Achievement Award Wine Country Film Festival Won
1999 Lucien Barrière Literary Award Deauville Film Festival For the book “Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning (En gravissant la montagne)”. Won
1999 Golden Boot Golden Boot Awards Won
1999 Life Achievement Award Screen Actors Guild Awards Won
1997 Lifetime Achievement Award Hollywood Film Awards Won
1996 Honorary Award Academy Awards, USA For 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community. Won
1996 Carl Foreman Prize American Cinema Foundation, USA Won
1994 Lifetime Achievement Award ShoWest Convention, USA Won
1991 Meltzer Award Writers Guild of America, USA In recognition of his action in 1960 to ensure that Dalton Trumbo Won
1991 Life Achievement Award American Film Institute, USA Won
1988 Golden Camera for Lifetime Achievement Golden Camera, Germany International Won
1988 Career Achievement Award National Board of Review, USA Won
1980 Honorary César César Awards, France Won
1968 Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globes, USA Won
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6263 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1958 Zulueta Prize San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Actor The Vikings (1958) Won
1957 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actor – Drama Lust for Life (1956) Won
1957 Special Award Sant Jordi Awards The Juggler (1953) Won
1956 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Lust for Life (1956) Won
1949 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Most Cooperative Actor Won
2016 William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Nominated
2014 OFTA Film Hall of Fame Online Film & Television Association Acting Nominated
2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Publicists Guild of America Nominated
2009 Britannia Award BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards Contributions to Worldwide Entertainment Nominated
2007 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film Santa Barbara International Film Festival Nominated
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Palm Springs International Film Festival Arts & humanities. Nominated
2001 Honorary Golden Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Nominated
2001 Milestone Award PGA Awards Nominated
2000 Lifetime Achievement Award Wine Country Film Festival Nominated
1999 Lucien Barrière Literary Award Deauville Film Festival For the book “Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning (En gravissant la montagne)”. Nominated
1999 Golden Boot Golden Boot Awards Nominated
1999 Life Achievement Award Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominated
1997 Lifetime Achievement Award Hollywood Film Awards Nominated
1996 Honorary Award Academy Awards, USA For 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community. Nominated
1996 Carl Foreman Prize American Cinema Foundation, USA Nominated
1994 Lifetime Achievement Award ShoWest Convention, USA Nominated
1991 Meltzer Award Writers Guild of America, USA In recognition of his action in 1960 to ensure that Dalton Trumbo Nominated
1991 Life Achievement Award American Film Institute, USA Nominated
1988 Golden Camera for Lifetime Achievement Golden Camera, Germany International Nominated
1988 Career Achievement Award National Board of Review, USA Nominated
1980 Honorary César César Awards, France Nominated
1968 Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globes, USA Nominated
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6263 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1958 Zulueta Prize San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Actor The Vikings (1958) Nominated
1957 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actor – Drama Lust for Life (1956) Nominated
1957 Special Award Sant Jordi Awards The Juggler (1953) Nominated
1956 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Lust for Life (1956) Nominated
1949 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Most Cooperative Actor Nominated